3 Days Tsavo East and West Safari
Overview
3 Days Tsavo East and West Safari is a rewarding safari experience offering you a splendid safari experience, this safari takes you to on a visit to Tsavo East National Park; “Theatre of the Wild”
The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300 kilomtere long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species. Tsavo West National Park on the other hand is Land of Lava, Springs, Man-Eaters & Magical Sunsets”
From the sight of fifty million gallons of crystal clear water gushing out of from the under parched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows, Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler.
Accommodation
- Voi Safari Lodge at Tsavo East
- Ngulia Safari Lodge at Tsavo West
Safari Cost
From $550 per person sharing
Included/Exclude
- Transport
- Guide allowances
- Park fees
- Game drives
- Accommodation on FB
- Meals
- Drinking water
- Tips
- Optional activities
- Travel insurance and medical covers
- Anything not mentioned in the itinerary
Tour Plan
Your driver/guide will pick up from your Nairobi area hotel, Nairobi airport or Nairobi area residence for the drive to Tsavo East.
Visit the famous Aruba dam where lots of wildlife can be seen. Later drive to a lodge / luxury tented camp for check-in & lunch. An afternoon game viewing drive is scheduled later in the day.
This relaxed game viewing drive takes us on the trails of the big five with magnificent views of the African sunset. Dinner and overnight will be at a lodge / luxury camp.
We shall be up before the sunrise for a game drive before breakfast.
The splendor of an African sunrise that engulfs the savanna shall be experienced as we traverse the vast park in search of the early grazers and hunters.
Breakfast will be followed by a checkout and drive to Tsavo west national park.
Visit the Rhino sanctuary during this en route scenic game viewing. Arrive at lodge / luxury camp for check-in and lunch.
Afternoon game drive will later on follow and will include a visit to shetani lava flow point which provides excellent distance view of mt. Kilimanjaro with its snow capped peaks.
Return to your Lodge/ Luxury Camp for dinner and overnight.
On our final safari morning we’ll celebrate by rising before the sun for a fabulous pre-breakfast game drive.
Return to our lodge/camp for breakfast. Thereafter checkout and proceed for the mid-morning game viewing with a visit to Mzima Springs with more game viewing en-route.
At the Mzima springs , we disembark and marvel at the underground source of sparkling clear waters and the surrounding greenery……,
“A welcome reprieve in this semi-desert terrain” We view hippos, crocodiles, exotic fish and unique migratory birds.
This exciting exploration experience is followed by an exit from the park and drive back to Nairobi.
Safari ends with a drop off at Hotel or Airport.